Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh Fiji Hindi) | ||
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Personal information | ||
Full name | Vijay Singh | |
Nickname | The Big Fijian | |
Born | Lautoka, Viti Levu, British Fiji (present-day Fiji) | 22 February 1963|
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |
Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14.9 st) | |
Sporting nationality | Fiji | |
Residence | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. | |
Spouse |
Ardena Seth (m. 1985) | |
Children | 1 | |
Career | ||
Turned professional | 1982 | |
Current tour(s) | European Tour Golfer of the Year 2004 | |
PGA Tour FedEx Cup winner | 2008 |
Vijay Singh
Singh reached
Early life
Singh recollected to reporters about his childhood: "When we were kids we couldn't afford golf balls so we had to make do with coconuts. My father used to say, 'Little Vijay, golf balls don't fall off trees you know,' so I found some that did!"[5] Growing up, he played snooker, cricket, football, and the island's most popular sport, rugby. He is the son of Mohan Singh, an airplane technician who also taught golf. Growing up, he admired the swing of Tom Weiskopf, using it as an early model for his own.[6]
Professional career
Asia Golf Circuit
Singh turned professional in 1982. Two years later, he won the 1984 Malaysian PGA Championship. However, his career was plunged into crisis after he was suspended from the Asia Golf Circuit in 1985 over allegations he doctored his scorecard. It was alleged that he lowered his score from one over to one under in order to make the cut, but Singh denies this, saying that in any case, it should only have resulted in disqualification from the event rather than a ban. After investigation by the Tour of this and other alleged violations proved true, John Bender, Asian PGA Tour president, issued Singh a lifetime ban on Asian PGA Tour play.
Singh felt he had been more harshly treated because the marker was "the son of a VIP in the Indonesian PGA."[7] He then took a job at the Keningau Club in Sabah, Malaysia, before his move to the Miri Golf Club in Sarawak. While this was a period of hardship for him, he continued to gain experience.[8]
European Tour
Singh saved the money he needed to resurrect his career and began to re-enter tournaments. In 1988 he teamed up with a sponsor, Red Baron, which funded a trip to Africa to compete on the now-defunct
In 1989, Singh won his first European Tour title at the
PGA Tour
Singh earned membership for the
In 1998, Singh was victorious at the PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, playing a 70-66-67-68 over the four days (the 66 tied a course record) and earning him his first Major title. He followed this up by winning The Masters in 2000, with a three-stroke victory over Ernie Els.[9]
Singh did not win on the PGA Tour in 2001, but finished the year with a Tour-best 14 top-10 finishes and was fourth on the money list with $3,440,829 for the year. In 2002, he won at the
2003 proved to be a very successful year for Singh. He won four tournaments, had 18 top-10 finishes and was the PGA Tour's money leader (and had the second-highest single-season total in PGA Tour history) with $7,573,907, beating
However, the 2003 season was also spotted with controversy involving Singh surrounding the year's event at the
Singh began 2004 by winning the
Singh won the final major of 2004, winning the PGA Championship, his third major, in a three-hole aggregate playoff over Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. Singh was the leader by one shot over Leonard going into the final round, but made no birdies in the final round, finishing regulation at 67-68-69-76=280. His final round of 76 was the highest winning score by a major champion since 1955. The playoff was a tense affair, and Singh's birdie on the first playoff hole, his first birdie of the day, proved to be the difference.
On 6 September 2004 (
Singh finished the 2004 season with a career-best nine victories, 18 top-10s, and a record $10,905,166 in earnings and was named the PGA Tour's and
Despite picking up a win early in 2005, Singh lost his world number 1 ranking when Tiger Woods won the
In 2006, Singh played enough European Tour events to be listed on the European Tour Order of Merit title for the first time since 1995.
At the start of the 2007 season, Singh won the
A new swing brought big changes for Singh in 2008, although he had good opportunities at
Singh has won 22 times on the PGA Tour since turning 40 – beating the record previously set by Sam Snead. He is the second man to reach $60 million in PGA Tour career earnings, after Tiger Woods. His 34 career victories are the most on the PGA Tour by a non-American player and place him 14th on the all-time list. He has spent over 540 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.[12][13] Singh's longevity on the PGA Tour and his number of wins earn him a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour.
Kenny Perry, another player who found success at a late age is good friends with Singh, who calls him "Biggie". Of Singh, Perry said "Vijay has always been good to me. We talk a lot. He wants to know how my family is doing. I think the world of him."[14]
After the 2008 playoffs, Singh announced his withdrawal from a couple of
His poor form continued into 2010, resulting in him being 66th on the PGA Tour money list. He dropped out of the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time since the early 1990s.
After returning from knee surgery, Singh started the 2011 season making five out of his first five cuts. In February, Singh was in contention to win his first PGA Tour Title since 2008 at the
On 6 June 2011, Singh missed his tee-time for the U.S. Open qualifying in Columbus, Ohio. At the time, this ended the longest active streak of consecutive majors played by a professional golfer, at 67.[17]
On 30 January 2013, Singh admitted to using
Senior career
Singh played his first
In 2017, Singh won his first senior event, the
In March 2019, Singh shot his way into the final group of the final round of the
Personal life
An
Singh has a brother named Krishna who is also a professional golfer.[24]
Media relations
Controversy surrounded Singh in 2003 before the
After Singh's win at the Masters, Ernie Els took issue with some of the negative press his friend received. He wrote an article in Sports Illustrated to defend him, saying, "Golf should be proud of Vijay Singh." Later Els said of Singh "He's a wonderful guy. I've known him for the better part of 10 years now. He's a great competitor. I think people have a misconception of Vijay. He's a really good guy."[25]
In May 2005, Singh was appointed a
Professional wins (66)
PGA Tour wins (34)
Legend |
Major championships (3) |
World Golf Championships (1) |
Tour C'ships/FedEx Cup playoff events (3) |
Other PGA Tour (27) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 13 Jun 1993 | Buick Classic
|
−4 (72-68-74-66=280) | Playoff | Mark Wiebe |
2 | 29 Jan 1995 | Phoenix Open | −15 (70-67-66-66=269) | Playoff | Billy Mayfair |
3 | 21 May 1995 | Buick Classic (2)
|
−6 (70-69-67-72=278) | Playoff | Doug Martin |
4 | 2 Jun 1997 | Memorial Tournament | −14 (70-65-67=202)* | 2 strokes | Jim Furyk, Greg Norman |
5 | 10 Aug 1997 | Buick Open | −15 (67-73-67-66=273) | 4 strokes | Tom Byrum, Russ Cochran, Ernie Els, Brad Fabel, Naomichi Ozaki, Curtis Strange |
6 | 16 Aug 1998 | PGA Championship | −9 (70-66-67-68=271) | 2 strokes | Steve Stricker |
7 | 23 Aug 1998 | Sprint International
|
47 pts (15-12-6-14=47) | 6 points | Phil Mickelson, Willie Wood |
8 | 14 Mar 1999 | Honda Classic
|
−11 (71-69-68-69=277) | 2 strokes | Payne Stewart |
9 | 9 Apr 2000 | Masters Tournament | −10 (72-67-70-69=278) | 3 strokes | Ernie Els |
10 | 31 Mar 2002 | Shell Houston Open
|
−22 (67-65-66-68=266) | 6 strokes | Darren Clarke |
11 | 3 Nov 2002 | The Tour Championship
|
−12 (65-71-65-67=268) | 2 strokes | Charles Howell III |
12 | 26 Jan 2003 | Phoenix Open (2) | −23 (67-66-65-63=261) | 3 strokes | John Huston |
13 | 18 May 2003 | EDS Byron Nelson Championship
|
−15 (65-65-69-66=265) | 2 strokes | Nick Price |
14 | 15 Sep 2003 | John Deere Classic | −16 (66-68-69-65=268) | 4 strokes | Jonathan Byrd, J. L. Lewis, Chris Riley |
15 | 26 Oct 2003 | Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort
|
−23 (64-65-69-67=265) | 4 strokes | Stewart Cink, Scott Verplank, Tiger Woods |
16 | 8 Feb 2004 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
|
−16 (67-68-68-69=272) | 3 strokes | Jeff Maggert |
17 | 26 Apr 2004 | Shell Houston Open (2)
|
−11 (74-66-69-68=277) | 2 strokes | Scott Hoch |
18 | 3 May 2004 | HP Classic of New Orleans
|
−22 (70-65-68-63=266) | 1 stroke | Phil Mickelson, Joe Ogilvie |
19 | 1 Aug 2004 | Buick Open (2) | −23 (63-70-65-67=265) | 1 stroke | John Daly |
20 | 15 Aug 2004 | PGA Championship (2) | −8 (67-68-69-76=280) | Playoff | Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard |
21 | 6 Sep 2004 | Deutsche Bank Championship
|
−16 (68-63-68-69=268) | 3 strokes | Adam Scott, Tiger Woods |
22 | 12 Sep 2004 | Bell Canadian Open
|
−9 (68-66-72-69=275) | Playoff | Mike Weir |
23 | 26 Sep 2004 | 84 Lumber Classic
|
−15 (64-68-72-69=273) | 1 stroke | Stewart Cink |
24 | 31 Oct 2004 | Chrysler Championship
|
−18 (65-69-67-65=266) | 5 strokes | Tommy Armour III, Jesper Parnevik |
25 | 16 Jan 2005 | Sony Open in Hawaii | −11 (69-68-67-65=269) | 1 stroke | Ernie Els |
26 | 24 Apr 2005 | Shell Houston Open (3)
|
−13 (64-71-70-70=275) | Playoff | John Daly |
27 | 8 May 2005 | Wachovia Championship
|
−12 (70-69-71-66=276) | Playoff | Jim Furyk, Sergio García |
28 | 31 Jul 2005 | Buick Open (3) | −24 (65-66-63-70=264) | 4 strokes | Zach Johnson, Tiger Woods |
29 | 11 Jun 2006 | Barclays Classic (3)
|
−10 (70-64-72-68=274) | 2 strokes | Adam Scott |
30 | 7 Jan 2007 | Mercedes-Benz Championship
|
−14 (69-69-70-70=278) | 2 strokes | Adam Scott |
31 | 18 Mar 2007 | Arnold Palmer Invitational | −8 (70-68-67-67=272) | 2 strokes | Rocco Mediate |
32 | 3 Aug 2008 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | −10 (67-66-69-68=270) | 1 stroke | Stuart Appleby, Lee Westwood |
33 | 24 Aug 2008 | The Barclays (4)
|
−8 (70-70-66-70=276) | Playoff | Sergio García, Kevin Sutherland |
34 | 1 Sep 2008 | Deutsche Bank Championship (2)
|
−22 (64-66-69-63=262) | 5 strokes | Mike Weir |
*Note: The 1997 Memorial Tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
PGA Tour playoff record (8–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1993 | Buick Classic
|
Mark Wiebe | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
2 | 1995 | Phoenix Open | Billy Mayfair | Won with par on first extra hole |
3 | 1995 | Buick Classic
|
Doug Martin | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
4 | 1998 | The Tour Championship
|
Hal Sutton | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
5 | 2004 | PGA Championship | Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard | Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Singh: −1 (3-3-4=10), DiMarco: x (4-3-x=x), Leonard: x (4-3-x=x) |
6 | 2004 | Bell Canadian Open
|
Mike Weir | Won with par on third extra hole |
7 | 2005 | The Honda Classic
|
Pádraig Harrington, Joe Ogilvie | Harrington won with par on second extra hole Ogilvie eliminated by par on first hole |
8 | 2005 | Shell Houston Open
|
John Daly | Won with par on first extra hole |
9 | 2005 | Wachovia Championship
|
Jim Furyk, Sergio García | Won with par on fourth extra hole García eliminated by par on first hole |
10 | 2006 | Mercedes Championships
|
Stuart Appleby | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
11 | 2008 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
|
Steve Lowery | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
12 | 2008 | The Barclays
|
Sergio García, Kevin Sutherland | Won with birdie on second extra hole Sutherland eliminated by birdie on first hole |
European Tour wins (13)
Legend |
Major championships (3) |
World Golf Championships (1) |
Other European Tour (9) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 Apr 1989 | Volvo Open Championship
|
−12 (72-68-68-68=276) | 3 strokes | Peter Fowler |
2 | 8 Apr 1990 | El Bosque Open | −10 (66-69-74-69=278) | 2 strokes | Richard Boxall, Chris Williams |
3 | 16 Feb 1992 | Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía
|
−11 (72-70-69-66=277) | 2 strokes | Gary Evans |
4 | 23 Aug 1992 | Volvo German Open
|
−26 (66-68-64-64=262) | 11 strokes | José Manuel Carriles |
5 | 31 Jul 1994 | Scandinavian Masters | −20 (68-67-69-64=268) | 3 strokes | Mark McNulty |
6 | 25 Sep 1994 | Trophée Lancôme | −17 (65-63-69-66=263) | 1 stroke | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
7 | 9 Feb 1997 | South African Open1 | −18 (69-66-66-69=270) | 1 stroke | Nick Price |
8 | 16 Aug 1998 | PGA Championship | −9 (70-66-67-68=271) | 2 strokes | Steve Stricker |
9 | 9 Apr 2000 | Masters Tournament | −10 (72-67-70-69=278) | 3 strokes | Ernie Els |
10 | 18 Feb 2001 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open 2
|
−14 (68-70-68-68=274) | Playoff | Pádraig Harrington |
11 | 25 Feb 2001 | Caltex Singapore Masters 2
|
−21 (64-63-68-68=263) | 2 strokes | Warren Bennett |
12 | 15 Aug 2004 | PGA Championship (2) | −8 (67-68-69-76=280) | Playoff | Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard |
13 | 3 Aug 2008 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | −10 (67-66-69-68=270) | 1 stroke | Stuart Appleby, Lee Westwood |
1Co-sanctioned by the
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2001 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open
|
Pádraig Harrington | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
2 | 2004 | PGA Championship | Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard | Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Singh: −1 (3-3-4=10), DiMarco: x (4-3-x=x), Leonard: x (4-3-x=x) |
Asian Tour wins (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 Sep 1995 | Passport Open | −16 (70-72-65-65=272) | 1 stroke | Jeev Milkha Singh |
2 | 10 Sep 2000 | Johnnie Walker Taiwan Open
|
−1 (73-72-71-71=287) | Playoff | Craig Kamps |
3 | 18 Feb 2001 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open 1
|
−14 (68-70-68-68=274) | Playoff | Pádraig Harrington |
4 | 25 Feb 2001 | Caltex Singapore Masters 1
|
−21 (64-63-68-68=263) | 2 strokes | Warren Bennett |
5 | 7 Oct 2007 | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open 2
|
−6 (66-69-70-73=278) | 2 strokes | Kim Kyung-tae, Yang Yong-eun |
1Co-sanctioned by the
2Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Asian Tour playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2000 | Johnnie Walker Taiwan Open
|
Craig Kamps | Won with par on first extra hole |
2 | 2001 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open
|
Pádraig Harrington | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 Mar 1992 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open
|
−9 (65-67-74-69=275) | 3 strokes | Hsieh Chin-sheng, Brad King, Craig McClellan, Nandasena Perera, Lee Porter |
Southern Africa Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 Jan 1993 | Bell's Cup | −10 (73-69-68-68=278) | 2 strokes | Mark McNulty |
2 | 9 Feb 1997 | South African Open1 | −18 (69-66-66-69=270) | 1 stroke | Nick Price |
1Co-sanctioned by the
Safari Circuit wins (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 Jan 1988 | Nigerian Open | −3 (281) | Playoff | Mike Miller |
2 | 29 Jan 1989 | Zimbabwe Open | −6 (72-67-71-72=282) | 2 strokes | Mark Mouland |
3 | 19 Nov 1989 | Nigerian Open (2) | −5 (71-68-72-68=279) | 1 stroke | Gordon J. Brand, Jeff Pinsent, Ian Spencer |
4 | 26 Nov 1989 | Ivory Coast Open | −14 (70-65-65-74=274) | 1 stroke | Jeff Pinsent |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 Aug 1988 | Länsförsäkringar Open
|
−6 (70-70-69-73=282) | 1 stroke | Jesper Parnevik |
Other wins (8)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 Dec 1984 | Malaysian PGA Championship | −2 (286) | 1 stroke | Nazamuddin Yusof |
2 | 24 Nov 1991 | Hassan II Golf Trophy | −7 (70-73-71-71=285) | Playoff | Payne Stewart |
3 | 12 Oct 1997 | Toyota World Match Play Championship
|
1 up | Ernie Els | |
4 | 10 Nov 1998 | Johnnie Walker Super Tour | −19 (70-66-71-62=269) | 2 strokes | Ernie Els |
5 | 24 Jul 2001 | Telus Skins Game
|
$180,000 | $105,000 | David Duval |
6 | 24 Jun 2003 | Telus Skins Game (2)
|
$140,000 | $45,000 | Ian Leggatt |
7 | 21 Dec 2008 | Chevron World Challenge
|
−11 (71-72-67-67=277) | 1 stroke | Steve Stricker |
8 | 18 Dec 2022 | PNC Championship (with son Qass Singh) |
−26 (59-59=118) | 2 strokes | John Daly and son John Daly II, Justin Thomas and father Mike Thomas |
Other playoff record (1–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1991 | Hassan II Golf Trophy | Payne Stewart | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1995 | Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship | Fred Couples, Loren Roberts | Couples won with birdie on second extra hole |
3 | 2000 | PGA Grand Slam of Golf | Tiger Woods | Lost to eagle on first extra hole |
PGA Tour Champions wins (5)
Legend |
PGA Tour Champions major championships (1) |
Charles Schwab Cup playoff events (1) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (3) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 23 Apr 2017 | Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Carlos Franco) |
−15 (51-42=93) | 1 stroke | Fred Funk and Jeff Sluman, Paul Goydos and Kevin Sutherland, Corey Pavin and Duffy Waldorf |
2 | 11 Mar 2018 | Toshiba Classic
|
−11 (68-68-66=202) | 1 stroke | Scott McCarron, Tom Pernice Jr., Tommy Tolles |
3 | 15 Jul 2018 | Constellation Senior Players Championship
|
−20 (68-67-66-67=268) | Playoff | Jeff Maggert |
4 | 11 Nov 2018 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | −22 (67-67-67-61=262) | 4 strokes | Tim Petrovic |
5 | 27 Aug 2023 | The Ally Challenge | −14 (66-68-68=202) | 1 stroke | Jeff Maggert |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2018 | Constellation Senior Players Championship
|
Jeff Maggert | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Major championships
Wins (3)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | PGA Championship | Tied for lead | −9 (70-66-67-68=271) | 2 strokes | Steve Stricker |
2000 | Masters Tournament | 3 shot lead | −10 (72-67-70-69=278) | 3 strokes | Ernie Els |
2004 | PGA Championship (2) | 1 shot lead | −8 (67-68-69-76=280) | Playoff1 | Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard |
1Defeated Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco in three-hole playoff: Singh (3-3-4=10), Leonard (4-3-x=x), and DiMarco (4-3-x=x)
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T27 | CUT | T39 | T17 | CUT | T24 | |||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T10 | T7 | T77 | T25 | T3 | |||||
The Open Championship | T23 | T12 | T12 | T51 | T59 | T20 | T6 | T11 | T38 | T19 | CUT |
PGA Championship | T48 | 4 | CUT | CUT | T5 | T13 | 1 | T49 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 1 | T18 | 7 | T6 | T6 | T5 | T8 | T13 | T14 | T30 |
U.S. Open | T8 | T7 | T30 | T20 | T28 | T6 | T6 | T20 | T65 | T27 |
The Open Championship | T11 | T13 | CUT | T2 | T20 | T5 | CUT | T27 | CUT | T38 |
PGA Championship | CUT | T51 | 8 | T34 | 1 | T10 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T16 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | T27 | T38 | T37 | 54 | CUT | CUT | 49 |
U.S. Open | T40 | CUT | |||||||
The Open Championship | T37 | T9 | CUT | CUT | |||||
PGA Championship | T39 | CUT | T36 | T68 | T35 | T37 | CUT | 66 | 78 |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | CUT | WD | CUT | CUT | CUT | T58 |
PGA Championship | ||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||
The Open Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the half way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 20 |
PGA Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 19 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 16 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 19 |
Totals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 101 | 74 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2002 PGA – 2006 U.S. Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 7 (2004 PGA – 2006 U.S. Open)
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | T28 | T55 | T43 | T8 | T31 | T54 | T20 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | T33 | 2 | CUT | CUT | T13 | T12 | T8 | T44 | CUT | T9 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T63 | T28 | T16 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
World Golf Championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
|
Tied for lead | −10 (67-66-69-68=270) | 1 stroke | Stuart Appleby, Lee Westwood |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Play
|
R32 | R64 | R32 | R32 | R32 | R32 | R16 | R32 | QF | R32 | R64 | |||
Championship
|
T16 | T3 | NT1 | 3 | T2 | T6 | T56 | T11 | T2 | T53 | T11 | T22 | T66 | |
Invitational
|
T15 | T13 | T11 | T6 | T32 | T3 | T45 | T56 | 1 | T29 | T58 | |||
Champions |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Constellation Senior Players Championship |
1 shot deficit | −20 (68-67-66-67=268) | Playoff | Jeff Maggert |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Tradition | 64 | T19 | T43 | NT | 62 | T15 | ||||
Senior PGA Championship | 2 | T19 | T21 | NT | T30 | T8 | ||||
U.S. Senior Open | T5 | T18 | T7 | T16 | T24 | NT | T26 | T33 | T18 | |
Senior Players Championship | WD | T18 | 1 | T18 | T43 | T12 | T31 | T32 | ||
Senior British Open Championship
|
T14 | NT | CUT | CUT | 3 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
PGA Tour career summary
Season | Wins (Majors) | Earnings ($) | Rank[27] |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | 1 | 657,831 | 19 |
1994 | 0 | 325,959 | 52 |
1995 | 2 | 1,018,713 | 9 |
1996 | 0 | 855,140 | 17 |
1997 | 2 | 1,059,236 | 16 |
1998 | 2 (1) | 2,238,998 | 2 |
1999 | 1 | 2,283,233 | 4 |
2000 | 1 (1) | 2,573,835 | 5 |
2001 | 0 | 3,440,829 | 4 |
2002 | 2 | 3,756,563 | 3 |
2003 | 4 | 7,573,907 | 1 |
2004 | 9 (1) | 10,905,166 | 1 |
2005 | 4 | 8,017,336 | 2 |
2006 | 1 | 4,602,416 | 4 |
2007 | 2 | 4,728,376 | 3 |
2008 | 3 | 6,601,094 | 1 |
2009 | 0 | 1,276,815 | 68 |
2010 | 0 | 1,334,262 | 66 |
2011 | 0 | 2,371,050 | 28 |
2012 | 0 | 1,586,305 | 51 |
2013 | 0 | 309,351 | 162 |
2014 | 0 | 989,028 | 97 |
2015 | 0 | 752,462 | 124 |
2016 | 0 | 1,210,104 | 88 |
2017 | 0 | 337,305 | 173 |
2018 | 0 | 95,334 | 210 |
2019 | 0 | 244,800 | 198 |
2020 | 0 | 20,088 | 234 |
Career* | 34 (3) | 71,236,216 | 4[28] |
*As of the 2020 season.
There is a summary of Singh's European Tour career here.[29]
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Fiji): 1980
Professional
- Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007, 2009
- World Cup (representing Fiji): 2001, 2002, 2013
- Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995
See also
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- List of golfers with most European Tour wins
- List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
- Longest PGA Tour win streaks
- Most PGA Tour wins in a year
- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
- Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
References
- OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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- ^ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558.
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- ^ "Official Money". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Career Money Leaders". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Vijay Singh – Record". European Tour. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Vijay Singh at the PGA Tour official site
- Vijay Singh at the European Tour official site
- Vijay Singh at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Vijay Singh at the Asian Tour official site
- Vijay Singh at the Official World Golf Ranking official site